Job title: Senior Freelance Film Producer
Duration: 3 months with Possibility for extension.
Location: Malmesbury,
Description:
Senior Freelance Film Producer
- This role is for a senior film producer. You will be part of a busy collaborative team made up of several producers, based at Client's office in Malmesbury.
- The film producer is responsible for delivering a wide variety of film and content projects, briefs can be globally focused on New Product Development launches (NPD) as well as individual bespoke market campaigns. You will help to deliver interesting, creative and often ground breaking stories about Client's products as well as the Client's brand. Coverage will span from initial brief through to final delivery, managing all aspects to ensure we deliver compelling creative, with high production values, on schedule and within budget.
- The role requires extensive post production & CGI experience and line production experience, managing the creative process through creative development and production, including the management of internal stakeholders (creatives, PMs) and external suppliers (3rd parties such as post houses and sound houses ). The role also requires extensive knowledge in production budgeting and scenario planning as the senior film producer will be deployed upfront on productions to ensure the creative fits the budget and timelines, whilst maximizing what is creatively possible through utilizing new production approaches, techniques and suppliers.
Stakeholders to manage and work in collaboration with:
- Head of Production and Lead Film Producer Filmmakers & Head of Film Product category commercial heads and managers Producers from other channels in the wider Production team: Imagery, Digital, App, Retail.
- Programme and Project managers Suppliers including Client's global production delivery & transcreation partner Hogarth Legal and Claims Finance Procurement
Need to have:
- 10+ years in the capacity of film or integrated producer
- Extensive production budget knowledge in pre and post production
- Line production knowledge
- Strong team player – approachable, collaborative using great behaviors
- Influencing skills ability to drive better ways to deliver
- Emotionally Intelligent with a strong sense of self-awareness
- A keen interest / passion in making content in and outside of the workplace
- Solid understanding of editing, post production, audio and CGI
- Project management and production skill set
- Excellent organizational and administrative skills
- Purchasing and negotiating skills - specifically in relation to all production line-items
- Pragmatic and decisive – be able to respond to creative, technical and decision-making challenges with speed and accuracy and deliver effective solutions
- Energetic, engaging, confident and positive
- Multi tasker – be able to juggle priorities across several projects at any one time
- Stills & design production knowledge (nice to have)
- Agency experience (nice to have)